Recessions are identified by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a non-profit, nonpartisan research group that dates U.S. business cycles. To determine if the economy has entered a ...

WASHINGTON — Weak population gains and increased government spending will result in slower overall economic growth over ... “Without immigration, the U.S. population would begin to shrink ...

In the bond market, treasuries have moved notably higher in reaction to the latest U.S. economic data. As a result, the yield on the benchmark ten-year note, which moves opposite of its price ...

Investors and traders in the U.S. government-debt market typically react quickly to shifting sentiment on the economic outlook, but this time something different seems to be taking place.

That’s a big worry because the effects of wealth gains or losses on consumer spending are four times as large now as they were during the previous two economic cycles, Yaros said. And U.S ...